17 Hairstyles That Take Less Than 10 Minutes

Easy buns, twists and updos for every day of the week -- and then some

Some girls love styling their hair -- but for the rest of us, we're always on the lookout for cute, easy hairstyles we can do in less than ten minutes, and still look great. That's where these styles come in: whether you're doing your hair for a special occasion like prom, or just need a quick hairstyle for busy mornings, they've got you covered. And they aren't just for long haircuts, either. There's a style in here for all lengths of hair.

How to:Step 1
Flip hair over and lightly spritz hairspray on underside. Flip upright and spray on the top. Finger-tousle as it dries.Step 2
Gather your bang-hair area and bobby-pin it out of the way so you can style the rest of your hair first.Step 3
Curl 1-inch sections (away from your face). Start wrapping your hair around the iron at ear level, not above. And leave your ends out of the curling iron.Step 4
Unpin the bang section and curl as you did the rest of your hair.Step 5
Insert spread fingers into hair at the nape of your neck. Shake your hair (but do not run fingers through) to make the curls messy.Step 6
Now pin back a piece of hair on each side of your part. (Remember, messy = good.)
Secure them together with a bobby pin and mist with shine spray.

Cutesy name: Pin Curl Twist

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Medium or long hair
· Sorta dirty hair

Stuff to have handy:
· Bobby pins
· Hairspray

How to:Step 1
Brush out a 2-inch-wide bang section and secure back with two bobby pins. Loosen a bit with your fingers by tugging at the hairline.Step 2
Now you're left with a section of hair over each ear. Run your index finger from behind your left ear up to the crown of your head. Smooth this section of hair into a low ponytail behind your left ear then twist the pony twice toward the back of your head. Secure the remaining tail with bobby pins, then repeat on the right side. Connect the two twists with a bobby pin.Step 3
And that leaves the always fashionable "mullet" at the nape of your neck. You can leave it like that. We're all done.Step 4
Just kidding. Back to the mullet. Hold your left index and middle finger under the bobby pins in Step 2, and roll a messy 1-inch section of hair up around your fingers to create a coil. Pinch it, slip it off your fingers and secure with a bobby pin. Don't attach it to the twists in Step 2 or you'll pull them out. Repeat with remaining hair until it's all pinned up.Step 5
Mist with hairspray.

Cutesy name: Side-swept Bun

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Medium or long hair

Stuff to have handy:
· A hair stick, or bracket thingy like the one pictured
· Shine serum or spray
· Comb
· Hair elastic

How to:Step 1
Make a deep side part with a comb. Apply a bit of shine serum all over and comb through to tame flyaways.Step 2
Gather your hair into a low side pony behind the ear opposite your part. Secure with a hair elastic.Step 3
Wrap the tail up toward your ear, then under the pony (into a bun), leaving the ends
free.Step 4
Pierce the bun with your hair stick, making sure to thread one end of the stick through the elastic before letting it pop out the other side. This holds the bun in place.

Cutesy name: Hello, Sailor

Time it took us: 10 minutes

Works on:
· Medium or long hair
· Dirty-ish hair -- a day after shampooing

Stuff to have handy:
· 1-inch curling iron
· Bobby pins
· Hairspray

How To:Step 1
Make a side part. Starting with the bigger side, gather front section
from the ear to your part and smooth it so the hairline is bump-free. Then
twist several times upward toward your part. (See inset photo No.1.)Step 2
Secure the hair along the line of the twist with several bobby pins. At the
end of the twist, criss-cross bobby pins to anchor the twist in place. Repeat on the smaller side.Step 3
Divide the hanging hair in back into 1-inch sections and wrap around a
curling iron. Hold the barrel vertically to create a spiral.Step 4
Once all sections are curled, mist with hairspray and shake your hair
gently to loosen the curls.

How to:Step 1
Divide hair from ear to ear over the top of your head. Clip that front section out of the way.Step 2
At the crown of your head, take a two-inch section of the remaining hair and tease the
area near your scalp to create the bouffant behind the headband. Messy is fine; we're about to cover it up anyway.Step 3
Un-clip the front section and smooth it back over the teased area, gathering all your hair into a low pony. Reserve a one-inch section of your longest hair and secure the rest with an elastic.Step 4
Wrap the reserved hair around the hair elastic and secure underneath with a bobby pin.Step 5
Slip on a headband.

Cutesy name: Mile-high Curls

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Any length -- super cute option for short hair
· Natural wave or curl
· Dirty hair -- day or two after shampooing

How to:Step 1
Pump up any flattened or low-volume curls on top. To do this, wrap sections of
hair around the barrel of a curling iron, starting at the root. (No need to
get the ends or to use the clamp.)Step 2
Loosely grab chunks of hair in back, then bobby pin and spray, tucking the ends under so you don't see straight pieces.Step 3
Slip on a slim headband, but keep it close to your hairline. We have it
about an inch or so back.Step 4
Top with shine spray. The overall effect should be touchable and fun, not
too perfect.

Cutesy name: Wavy Pompadour

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Any length
· Wavy/curly hair or thick, straight hair

Stuff to have handy:
· Bobby pins

How to:Step 1
Loosely bobby-pin a two-inch bang section back. Secure it closer to your
hairline than to the crown of your head to keep this look sophisticated, not preppy.Step 2
Those with high volume are now looking at a major case of "triangle head." To slim down the hair's silhouette, try this trick with your sides: Gather a small section of hair from just above your ear on each side, leaving some hair loose over your ear (see picture). Twist these sections, rolling them down toward your ear, and secure with a bobby pin. The roll should be pretty tight to the head. Repeat on the other side for the full de-triangulation effect.Step 3
Mist with shine spray.

How to:Step 1
Smooth shine serum over your top layer of hair.Step 2
Secure tightly into a ponytail. Smooth any strays by lightly combing them
into place.Step 3
Use bobby pins to anchor your curls to the sleek hair surrounding the elastic to
camouflage it.Step 4
Give an overall shot of hairspray to finish.

Cutesy name: Pin-up Curves

Time it took us: 10 minutes

Works on:
· Curly or wavy hair in any length
· Straight-haired girls can pull it off too with five extra minutes of curling
iron time

How to:Step 1
Run your index fingers from mid-ears toward the back of your head until they touch at the back of your head. Pin up the top half of your hair to get it out of the way for now.Step 2
Gather the bottom of your hair at the base of your neck. Now, make a "roller" out of two
fingers, and fold your hair up to the clipped section. (See inset photo No.1.) Bobby-pin it in place. Messy is fine; the pins will be hidden by the curls you'll make on top.Step 3
Remove the top clip and free the sides of your hair. Re-clip the top bang section.Step 4
Pull a side section down and back (the direction is important), then twist upward and secure with bobby pins so it lays flat. (See inset photo No.2.) Repeat with other side.Step 5
Now comes the fun part: curls. Holding the iron horizontally, wrap a 1-inch section of hair from the crown of your head around the barrel. After five to 10 seconds, unwind it and stretch the curl back 'til it hangs over the bobby pins from step 1. Be sure to break up the curl a little with your fingers.Step 6
Repeat until you've curled the whole top section and mist with hairspray.

How to:Step 1
Part hair where you usually do. Side or middle will work.Step 2
Grab a section on each side of the part. (Section should be about as wide as two fingers.)Step 3
Loosely braid both sections toward the back of your head where they will meet. Apply a dab of texturizing cream or pomade to the bottom of each braid so it doesn't unravel easily.Step 4
Use a clear elastic to secure both braids together in back.Step 5
Carefully slide the bobby pins in under the braid, along your scalp. This will keep the loose braids from falling out.

Cutesy name: Knotty and Nice

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Medium to long hair
· Straight or blown-straight hair
· Smooth hair that's been thoroughly brushed out

How to:Step 1
Part hair in the middle or slightly off center, but it's important to have a pretty balanced left and right side.Step 2
Part hair all the way down to the nape of your neck as if you're making pigtails.Step 3
Spritz shine spray or run shine serum over the left side of your hair, then secure one elastic about 1-2 inches from the bottom of that section. Repeat on the right side.Step 4
Take both sections and twist them inward (toward each other) and back.Step 5
Wrap them around each other until the ponies look like rope. Then tuck the bottom under and secure with several large bobby pins.Step 6
Spray on a bit of hairspray to smooth down any flyaways.

Cutesy name: Bride-y Waves

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Curly or wavy hair, or straight hair that's been curled with a 1-inch barrel iron

How to:Step 1
Start by refining your curls. For straight hair, use the curling iron to add curl. For curly or wavy hair, smooth over hair with shine serum to eliminate frizz.Step 2
Tease a very small section of hair in the back of your head near the crown. This is the place where you will anchor your bobby pins.Step 3
Part hair in the center or slightly off center (stylist's choice).Step 4
This hairstyle is created using the "pin and drape" method. To do this, loosely take locks of hair and bobby pin them to the section you previously teased. Use small bobby pins, and hide them as well as you can.Step 5
Once all of your hair is pinned up, slide a pencil or the tail of a rat-tail comb under the section of hair in front of the pins and pull up slightly on it to add volume.Step 6
Lightly mist hairspray all over.Step 7
Attach a bobby pin or small clip to your favorite flower/brooch. It should be placed in your hair somewhere in between the back of your ear and the back of your head. Secure with two large bobby pins.Step 8 (optional)
Loosen up one or two small pieces in front if you want some free-flowing wispy hairs around your face.

How to:Step 1
Flip hair upside down. Mist hairspray all over the bottom while scrunching strands, and flip head back up. Spray the top while scrunching.Step 2
Tease the under layer of hair where the up 'do will be secured (middle, back area of your scalp). This will help build volume to which you can secure the 'do.Step 3
Start slightly twisting and pulling 3-inch sections of hair toward the area you teased. Save your bang section for last, so start just behind that area and work your way down. Balance is important when doing this; whenever you pull a section from one side, take a similar section from the other side. This will prevent your look from being lopsided.Step 4
Bobby-pin each section to the teased area (see inset photo) -- criss-cross the pins to really anchor hair in place. After each section is placed and pinned, lightly mist hairspray on that section and smooth it out with your fingers.Step 5
Complete this romantic up 'do by pinning back your bang hair. This way, you can control how much volume, if any, you want in front.Step 6
Spritz shine spray all over and do one final mist of hairspray.

Cutesy name: Chic Pony

Time it took us: 2 minutes

Works on:
· Medium to long hair
· Straight or wavy
· Unwashed hair (Freshly washed? Add a small amount of styling cream or lotion to reduce flyaways)

How to:Step 1
Pull hair back into a low ponytail using a flat boar-bristle brush to create a bump-free finish. Secure with an elastic.Step 2
Separate out a small strand of hair -- roughly the width of a pencil -- from the ponytail.Step 3
Spray that piece well with hairspray then wrap it around the ponytail holder (see inset photo No.2).Step 4
Bobby-pin the end of the small piece under the tail, and tuck in any loose ends.Step 5
Lightly mist hairspray over everything and smooth with your hand.

Cutesy name: The Audrey

Time it took us: 10 minutes

Works on:
· Medium to long hair
· Blow-dried straight hair that has some volume

How to:Step 1
Split hair in half, creating a top and a bottom section.Step 2
Clip the top section out of the way.Step 3
In a messy, rough way, create a mini-French twist using the bottom section (see inset photo No.2) and pin with bobby pins. Don't worry about what this looks like; it will be covered eventually.Step 4
Once the bottom is secured, release the top section and create a side part.Step 5
Tease the crown area of your head to add volume. Spray hairspray underneath that teased area for hold.Step 6
Gather the top section as if you're going to make a ponytail, but don't. Instead, tuck and roll the section inward into a French twist.Step 7
Using several large bobby pins, slide them along the inside seams of the twist to secure. Using smaller bobby pins, secure the outside of the French twist seam by tucking them into the hair.Step 8
Smooth out the front if it looks messy then do a spritz of shine spray followed by hairspray.

Cutesy name: Party Girl Pomp

Time it took us: 5 minutes

Works on:
· Medium to long hair
· Wavy or straight
· Clean or dirty hair

How to:Step 1
With all hair down, separate out your bang section. The best way to gauge the width of this section is to use your eyebrow arches as a guide.Step 2
Tease underneath the bang section slightly. (Too much and you'll see evidence -- not a good look.)Step 3
Smooth out the top layer of that section and pull it back.Step 4
Twist the section once then secure with 2 large bobby pins.Step 6
Adjust the bump with your fingers to be sure you're happy with the height and smoothness. Then spritz with hairspray.

How to:Step 1
Using a large-barrel iron, curl the bang section of your hair forward.Step 2
Clip the section into place (see inset photo No.1). We'll revisit it later.Step 3
Pull the rest of the hair into a tight, low, side ponytail. Make sure that it's bump-free.Step 4
Using the curling iron, curl the whole side ponytail in an upward angle.Step 5
Once the ponytail is curled up, spray it well with hairspray, then roll it up toward your scalp and secure it with bobby pins. You'll need lots of bobby pins, large and small, to be sure that the roll stays in place.Step 6
Once the roll is secured, take the clip out of the front bang area, allowing the big curl to fall.Step 7
Using a fine-tooth comb, smooth the front section over to the side the roll is on (see inset photo No.2). After combing it a couple of times, it will turn into a nice retro wave. Once that happens, spray with hairspray, then bobby-pin the ends to the roll.Step 8
Finally, spray all over with hairspray and give it a minute to dry.

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